Important Information on
the September
Meetings of the General AssemblyDue
to security measures required to accommodate
the high number of Heads of State and Government participating in the
opening meetings of the 67th session of the General Assembly, NGO
access to UN Headquarters will be severely limited. The Department of
Safety and Security informs of the following. Without any additional
special event tags, annual "N" passes will not provide access to the
United Nations grounds from 24 September to 4 October 2012. No requests
for temporary passes can be made until 4 October; no requests for
annual passes can be made between 24 September and 4 October 2012.http://csonet.org/?page=view&nr=153&type=230&menu=14

New
Procedures for Requesting
UN Grounds Pass
The DESA NGO Branch has moved to the main Secretariat building and is
no longer located in DC-1. Therefore, the application process for UN
grounds passes for NGOs in ECOSOC consultative status has changed. You
will no longer be required to visit the DESA NGO Branch for issuance of
UN Grounds Passes. Instead, you will be required to pre-register your
request online. As before, you will need a letter from your
organization (on the organization’s letterhead) in order to
obtain a pass. You will then apply for the pass, with all the
necessary documentation, in person, at the UN Pass and ID office.
Registrations submitted online before 4 pm New York time will be
endorsed the next business day by the UN Pass & ID office. Read
the
full instructions on the page below.http://csonet.org/?menu=86

12-24
September: Online Forum:
Building The Future WE Want
Following up on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
which took place in June, the United Nations is continuing its efforts
to promote sustainable development and to prepare a new development
agenda that will take us beyond 2015. The UN Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (DESA) and the Department of Public Information (DPI)
invite you to participate in an online global forum,
“Building
the Future We Want” from 12 to 24 September. The campaign
will
close wiith a special ECOSOC
meeting at the ministerial level
on 24 September. Visit the
campaign page on Facebook.
You can also post questions on Twitter using the hashtags #futureWEwant
or #beyond2015.
If you want to
help publish the campaign, downloadable visuals are available here.
On 24
September, watch live responses to your questions on UN Webcast.http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/we/

12
September: Seeking to
advance rights of people with disabilities, UN treaty review starts
Hundreds of advocates and experts on disability, as well as Government
delegates, have gathered at UN Headquarters for the start of the Fifth
Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which will have a special
focus on women and children.“It is our responsibility as
members
of the international community and citizens of our own countries to
bring about changes to more than one billion persons with disabilities
worldwide,” the UN Under Secretary-General for Economic and
Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo, said in a news release.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42860&Cr=disabilities&Cr1=

10
September: The 21st session
of the Human Rights Council opens in Geneva
The Human Rights Council opened its 21st session today in Geneva, with
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commending the actions of the Council
on Libya and Syria and stressing that “we must use all our
tools
to shine the light of human rights everywhere. We need to do more to
ensure that the output of this Council and other United Nations human
rights mechanisms shapes policy making across the United
Nations,” he said. “I remain strongly committed to
mainstreaming human rights throughout the Organization.” In
his
speech, the Secretary-General reminded States of the responsibility to
protect those who “courageously advocate and risk their lives
to
defend human rights and the values of the Charter,” and
commended
the progress made by the Council in various thematic areas and stressed
the need to fight for the rights of women, including “their
reproductive rights and their political, social and economic
empowerment.” http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session21/Pages/21RegularSession.aspx

6
September: Report on
Accelerating progress towards the MDGs
A report by the Secretary-General on "Accelerating progress towards the
MDGs" is now available. The report will be considered by the General
Assembly this fall, under agenda item 114 on Follow-up to the outcome
of the Millennium Summit. Particularly relevant is section V, which
includes an update on the post-2015 process.http://csonet.org/content/documents/a67257.pdf

31 July: Members of High-level
Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda announced
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the members of a
High-level Panel to advise on the global development agenda beyond
2015, the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Three co-chairs were appointed: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of
Indonesia; President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia; and Prime
Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom. “I have asked
my
High-level Panel to prepare a bold yet practical development vision to
present to Member States next year,” said the UN chief.
“I
look forward to the Panel’s recommendations on a global
post-2015
agenda with shared responsibilities for all countries and with the
fight against poverty and sustainable development at its
core.”
The full list of Panel members is available on the link below.http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/beyond2015.shtmlUPCOMING EVENTS

17
September-5 October,
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 61st session, Geneva
The Committee will consider the following State reports during the
session: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada,
Liberia and Namibia.http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/crcs61.htm

18
September: Opening of the
67th session of the General Assembly
The sixty-seventh session of the General Asembly will convene at United
Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, 18 September 2012, at 3 p.m., and the
general debate will open on Tuesday, 25 September. The high-level
meeting on the rule of law at the national and international levels
will be held on Monday, 24 September. The preliminary list of items to
be included in the provisional agenda and its annotations can be found
on the page below.http://www.un.org/en/ga/meetings/

24
September: High-Level GA
Meeting on the Rule of Law
The High-Level Meeting of the 67th Session of the General Assembly on
the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels will take
place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24 September
2012. This is a unique occasion for all Member States, NGOs and civil
society represented at the highest level, to discuss and agree a
forward-looking agenda on strengthening the rule of law. The President
of the General Assembly is compiling a list of NGOs in consultative
status with the Economic and Social Council, as well as a list of civil
society organizations, active in the field of the rule of law, who wish
to participate in the high-level meeting. In addition, a limited number
of representatives of NGOs active in the field of rule of law will be
invited to speak.Civil society organizations, active in the field of
the rule of
law, will participate and speak at the event..http://unrol.org

8 October: Second and
Third Committee start work
The Second and Third Committee of the General Assembly are scheduled to
start work on Monday, 8 October 2012. For the latest information, see
the UN Journal.http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/En/lateste.pdf

15
October-2 November: Human
Rights Committee, 106th session, Geneva
At its forthcoming 106th session, the Human Rights Committee will
examine the efforts of the following six countries to implement the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Bosnia and
Herzegovina, the Philippines, Turkey, Portugal, Germany, Ivory Coast
(in absence of report). The Committee will also adopt lists of issues
on the following countries: Albania, Finland, China/Hong Kong, Ukraine,
and Belize (in absence of a report), and Australia.http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/hrcs106.htm

21-22
October: Post-Rio to
Post-2015: Planning international stakeholder engagement
The two-day meeting, organised by UNEP in partnership with UNDESA,
Stakeholder Forum and The Green Economy Coalition will provide an
opportunity for Major Groups and Stakeholders from across the globe to
come together to discuss the outcomes of Rio+20, agree on action items
to accelerate these outcomes, and address areas where no progress or
agreement was made. For questions please email
info@stakeholderforum.org. http://www.stakeholderforum.org

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